I have been shopping at Me Kong for 5 years and regularly for 4 years. They have a large variety of stock and even things from my childhood that I miss from Japan, and I mean the rarities you don't find anywhere else, like otsukemono!
Me Kong always has amazing prices. Reasonable would be a poor way of putting it.. they beat out all other stores in the Worcester area when it comes to prices.
Their staff are friendly, except the older man, he's not unfriendly, he's just very old school Vietnamese, so he won't smile, or laugh or anything you would expect in the West. He's stoic, that's just how it is. He's not cold, he's just there to do his job.
Me Kong has sense expanded into a much larger store. i am not sure what other reviewers are talking about with it being cold in there.. never felt cold in the store. maybe they went during a day when things were being sorted from the delivery truck and the gates in the back were open.
The husband and wife owners of Me Kong run a great business and they're nice people. As long as I live here, I will always shop there and would recommend them to anyone looking for food items from Japan, Korea, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, and even some things from Africa.
The staff are also very helpful, from taking your cart back to the store, to helping you carry heavy items like their 25lb bags of rice, don't argue because the man that does that won't accept you not wanting his help.. lol! He's elderly, but don't underestimate him for one second.
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